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Franco Nero
Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born November 23, 1941), known professionally as Franco Nero, is an Italian actor, producer, and director. His breakthrough role was as the title character in the Spaghetti Western film Django (1966), which made him a pop culture icon and launched an international career that includes over 200 leading and supporting roles in a wide variety of films and television programmes. During the 1960s and 1970s, Nero was actively involved in many popular Italian "genre trends", including poliziotteschi, gialli, and Spaghetti Westerns. His best-known films include The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966), Camelot (1967), The Day of the Owl (1968), The Mercenary (1968), Battle of Neretva (1969), Tristana (1970), Compañeros (1970), Confessions of a Police Captain (1971), The Fifth Cord (1971), High Crime (1973), Street Law (1974), Keoma (1976), Hitch-Hike (1977), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Enter the Ninja (1981), Die Hard 2 (1990), Letters to Juliet (2010), Cars 2 (2011), and John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017). Nero has had a long relationship with Vanessa Redgrave, which began during the filming of Camelot. They were married in 2006, and are the parents of the actor Carlo Gabriel Nero.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
November 15th, 2021 | Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained | Self - Actor | 7 | |
October 15th, 2021 | Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto | Self | TBD | |
February 7th, 2016 | Along the River | Frank De Ville | TBD | |
December 25th, 2012 | Django Unchained | Amerigo Vessepi | 8.2 | |
June 11th, 2011 | Cars 2 | Uncle Topolino (voice) | 6.2 | |
September 4th, 2010 | Rasputin | Narratore | 4.6 | |
January 31st, 2010 | Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine | Augustinus (age 76) | 5.1 | |
February 26th, 2009 | Killing Is My Business, Honey | Enrico Puzzo | 6.7 | |
July 10th, 2008 | Bathory: Countess of Blood | King Mathias | 5.7 | |
June 28th, 2006 | Amore e libertà - Masaniello | Vicerè | 6.3 | |
July 9th, 2005 | Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show | Judge | 7.8 | |
May 10th, 2002 | Fumata blanca | Cardenal Tura | 8 | |
December 3rd, 2000 | Saint Paul | Gamaliel | 6.9 | |
May 28th, 1999 | Li chiamarono... briganti! | Caporale Nerza | 5.5 | |
October 30th, 1998 | Talk of Angels | Dr. Vicente Areavaga | 5.5 | |
March 23rd, 1997 | David | Natan | 6.6 | |
December 12th, 1996 | The Conquest | Árpád vezér | 4.4 | |
April 21st, 1995 | Jonathan of the Bears | Jonathan | 5.9 | |
September 11th, 1992 | Brothers and Sisters | Franco | 4.4 | |
January 1st, 1991 | Touch and Die | Aquani | 5 | |
July 3rd, 1990 | Die Hard 2 | General Ramon Esperanza | 7 | |
October 22nd, 1987 | Django Strikes Again | Django | 5.2 | |
January 1st, 1985 | Devil's Crude | Nick | 6.3 | |
July 17th, 1981 | Enter the Ninja | Cole | 5.6 | |
October 3rd, 1980 | The Man with Bogart's Face | Hakim | 6 | |
August 12th, 1980 | Day of the Cobra | Larry Stanziani | 6.1 | |
June 6th, 1979 | Mimi | Guido | 6.5 | |
August 16th, 1978 | Force 10 from Navarone | Lescovar | 6.2 | |
April 30th, 1977 | Hitch Hike | Walter Mancini | 6.8 | |
December 25th, 1976 | 21 Hours at Munich | Issa | 6.3 | |
November 25th, 1976 | Keoma | Keoma | 6.9 | |
March 12th, 1976 | Victory March | Captain Asciutto | 5.7 | |
August 25th, 1975 | Cry, Onion! | Onion Stark | 5.2 | |
September 17th, 1974 | Street Law | Carlo Antonelli | 6.5 | |
March 27th, 1974 | The Last Four Days | Walter Audisio | 6.3 | |
February 23rd, 1974 | Blood Brothers | Nicola Bellizzi | 6.2 | |
December 21st, 1973 | White Fang | Jason Scott | 6.3 | |
September 13th, 1973 | The Assassination of Matteotti | Giacomo Matteotti | 6.7 | |
February 2nd, 1973 | Redneck | Mosquito | 4.4 | |
October 27th, 1971 | The Case Is Closed, Forget It | Vanzi | 6.7 | |
August 17th, 1971 | The Fifth Cord | Andrea Bild | 6.6 | |
December 18th, 1970 | Compañeros | Yodlaf Peterson | 6.5 | |
June 1st, 1970 | The Virgin and the Gypsy | The gypsy | 3.1 | |
April 17th, 1970 | The Fifth Day of Peace | Bruno Grauber | 5.5 | |
March 29th, 1970 | Tristana | Horacio | 7.2 | |
October 7th, 1969 | The Battle of Neretva | Capitano Michele Rossi | 6.8 | |
September 28th, 1966 | The Bible: In the Beginning... | Abel | 7.3 | |
August 28th, 1966 | Texas, Adios | Burt Sullivan | 6 | |
April 6th, 1966 | Django | Django | 7.2 | |
TBD | La battaglia di Gorthene | TBD | TBD | |
November 25th, 2025 | The Estate | TBD | TBD | |
October 21st, 2022 | The Man from Rome | The Pope | 5.9 | |
December 24th, 2021 | The Duel | TBD | TBD | |
December 16th, 2021 | We Are Cinema | Self (archive footage) | 9.5 | |
June 1st, 2020 | Entree Des Artists | Henry's Grandfather | TBD | |
November 16th, 2017 | The Broken Key | Hiram Abif | 3.2 | |
August 18th, 2017 | The Neighborhood | Guglielmo | 3.2 | |
March 15th, 2017 | The Lost City of Z | Baron de Gondoriz | 6.4 | |
March 10th, 2017 | The Time of Their Lives | Alberto | 5 | |
February 8th, 2017 | John Wick: Chapter 2 | Julius | 7.3 | |
February 16th, 2016 | Road to Ruin | Self | TBD | |
June 26th, 2015 | Earth | TBD | TBD | |
October 6th, 2014 | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Self - Actor | 7.2 | |
October 1st, 2014 | Figli di Maam | TBD | 10 | |
August 8th, 2014 | Love Island | Marquis Polesini | 4.1 | |
October 26th, 2013 | Handy | Frank The Black | 10 | |
April 17th, 2013 | The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti | Self | 6 | |
February 21st, 2013 | I Tarantiniani | Self | TBD | |
September 16th, 2009 | Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso | TBD | TBD | |
October 29th, 2008 | A Night at the Grand Hotel | Ferran Moreno | 6 | |
July 13th, 2007 | Mineurs | Michele Acucella | 9.5 | |
April 4th, 2007 | The Final Inquiry | Caifa | 4.8 | |
April 23rd, 2006 | Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern | Self | 6.5 | |
December 25th, 2005 | Summer Solstice | Lorenzo | TBD | |
October 11th, 2005 | Forever Blues | Luca | TBD | |
September 3rd, 2005 | Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker | Self | 6.7 | |
September 26th, 2003 | Bad Inclination | Il barbone | 2.9 | |
October 25th, 2002 | The Last Gunfighter | The pistolero | 6.6 | |
November 3rd, 2001 | In the Company of Compañeros | Self | TBD | |
April 11th, 2001 | Sacra Corona | Bishop Gellért | 5.3 | |
January 1st, 2001 | The Crusaders | Ibnazul | 4.3 | |
May 19th, 2000 | Uninvited | Ralph Barolo | 5.3 | |
March 10th, 2000 | Mirka | Il Sindaco | 9 | |
October 6th, 1998 | Il tesoro di Damasco | Andrea | 10 | |
May 9th, 1997 | Rack Up | Jesus Barro | 8 | |
January 1st, 1997 | Desert of Fire | Marcel Duvivier | 8.4 | |
January 25th, 1996 | The Innocent Sleep | Adolfo Cavani | 5 | |
September 1st, 1995 | Io e il re | Maggiore Ferri | TBD | |
November 1st, 1993 | Das Babylon Komplott | Chris Lang | 5.5 | |
October 7th, 1993 | Test of Memory | Paul Herzog | 4.2 | |
June 10th, 1993 | Der Fall Lucona | Enzo Lombardi | 6 | |
October 11th, 1990 | Breath of Life | Angelo | 10 | |
January 1st, 1988 | Run for Your Life | Commissario | 4.8 | |
August 1st, 1986 | Un altare per la madre | - | 7 | |
November 15th, 1985 | The Repenter | Falco | 6.3 | |
March 29th, 1985 | André schafft sie alle | Andre | 9 | |
December 26th, 1984 | Die Försterbuben | Böhme | 4.7 | |
November 23rd, 1979 | Le rose di Danzica | General Konrad von Der Berg | 8 | |
March 22nd, 1979 | The Visitor | Jesus Christ | 5.3 | |
November 21st, 1978 | The Pirate | Baydr Al Fay | 4.5 | |
November 23rd, 1975 | The Legend of Valentino | Rudolph Valentino | 6.7 | |
December 1st, 1965 | I Knew Her Well | Italo - The garage attendant | 7.5 | |
TBD | The Temptation Of Gracie | TBD | TBD | |
TBD | Django Lives! | Django | TBD | |
May 21st, 2026 | Roma elastica | TBD | TBD | |
February 23rd, 2026 | Il Vecchio Terribile | Oste | TBD | |
September 3rd, 2025 | In the Hand of Dante | Don Lecco | 4.5 | |
October 17th, 2024 | Titanus 1904 | Self | TBD | |
October 7th, 2024 | Compagni d'arte | TBD | TBD | |
September 20th, 2024 | The Jester from Transylvania | One-eye | TBD | |
November 20th, 2023 | Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black | Valentino's Spirit | 3 | |
October 5th, 2023 | Giorni felici | Antonio | 4.7 | |
May 19th, 2023 | On Our Way | TBD | 3.5 | |
April 5th, 2023 | The Pope's Exorcist | The Pope | 6.9 | |
March 2nd, 2023 | The Man Who Drew God | Emanuele | 4.6 | |
June 7th, 2022 | Buon Lavoro | TBD | 4 | |
July 23rd, 2021 | Off the Rails | Giovanni | 6 | |
July 12th, 2021 | Two Men Alone | Himself | TBD | |
July 10th, 2021 | The Match | Old Branko | 6.1 | |
December 18th, 2020 | The Dark Dance | L'Impresario | 4 | |
September 20th, 2020 | Harmonie | TBD | TBD | |
July 10th, 2020 | Immortalist | Paolo Spersoni | 1 | |
December 20th, 2019 | Havana Kyrie | Vittorio Arditi De Bellis | 6 | |
November 30th, 2019 | Christmas in Rome | Luigi Forlinghetti | 6.6 | |
October 25th, 2019 | Recon | Angelo | 4.9 | |
May 7th, 2019 | A Rose in Winter | Rainer Praeger | 6 | |
April 18th, 2019 | The Collini Case | Fabrizio Collini | 7.4 | |
March 21st, 2019 | Ed è subito sera | TBD | 4 | |
November 15th, 2018 | Red Land | Professor Ambrosin | 6 | |
November 30th, 2017 | Iceman | Ditob | 6.3 | |
October 5th, 2017 | Agony | Carlo | 4 | |
June 15th, 2017 | Il crimine non va in pensione | il primario | 5.6 | |
September 21st, 2015 | Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man | Himself | TBD | |
January 1st, 2015 | Road to Capri | Guido | TBD | |
July 24th, 2014 | Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema | Self | TBD | |
March 8th, 2014 | Killer Mermaid | Niko | 4.3 | |
January 8th, 2014 | Obsessive Rhythms | Carmine | 5.3 | |
January 1st, 2014 | Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres… | Lui-même | 8 | |
August 30th, 2013 | Istintobrass | Self | 5.3 | |
June 26th, 2013 | Memories They Told Me | Paolo | 6 | |
December 10th, 2012 | The Last Alchemist | Felix the Alchemist | 5.5 | |
April 16th, 2012 | Crazy Dog | Alvaro Genta | 7 | |
March 30th, 2012 | Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s | Self | 7.7 | |
February 22nd, 2012 | New Order | Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen | 3.1 | |
January 25th, 2011 | Father | Enrico | TBD | |
July 15th, 2010 | Prigioniero di un segreto | Il barbone | TBD | |
May 13th, 2010 | Letters to Juliet | Lorenzo | 7 | |
November 28th, 2008 | Márió, a varázsló | Mario | 4 | |
February 28th, 2008 | La rabbia | Mentore | 4.3 | |
January 4th, 2008 | Bastardi | Rene Iuvara | 4 | |
January 1st, 2008 | Mein Herz in Chile | Carlos Sanchez | TBD | |
January 1st, 2007 | Two Families | Morandi | TBD | |
October 12th, 2006 | The Holy Family | Zachary | 6.2 | |
January 27th, 2006 | Hans | Giudice/barbone | 5 | |
January 1st, 2006 | Giornata Nera | TBD | TBD | |
September 1st, 2005 | The Spaghetti West | Self | 5.8 | |
May 20th, 2004 | Post Coitum | Bakchus | 4.5 | |
January 1st, 2004 | Guardians of the Clouds | Padre | 4.3 | |
May 26th, 2003 | The Uncrowned Heart | Bear's Trainer | 10 | |
September 25th, 2002 | Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell | Giuseppe Mantaldo | 7 | |
May 10th, 2002 | Ultimo stadio | Antonio | 9 | |
October 26th, 2001 | La ragion pura | Marito | 3.7 | |
September 7th, 2001 | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | General Francini | 4.6 | |
May 26th, 2001 | Chimera | Imprenditore | 7 | |
January 7th, 2001 | Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle | Self | TBD | |
May 26th, 2000 | Winds of Passion | Michele Giangrande | 10 | |
July 15th, 1998 | The Versace Murder | Gianni Versace | 3.4 | |
November 16th, 1997 | Bella Mafia | Mario Domino | 6.6 | |
August 30th, 1997 | The Medal | Ing. Ferrero | TBD | |
January 2nd, 1994 | The Dragon Ring | Dragon King | 7 | |
May 3rd, 1993 | Azzurro profondo | Luca Morinari | 5.2 | |
June 6th, 1992 | Gold | Gabriele da Poppi | 4 | |
April 12th, 1992 | From Time to Time | Leonard De Vinci | 8 | |
February 5th, 1992 | Amelia Lópes O'Neill | Fernando | 4.8 | |
January 1st, 1989 | A Double Victory | Saverio Pallucca | 7 | |
November 25th, 1988 | Magdalene | Janza | 3.9 | |
October 7th, 1988 | Young Toscanini | Claudio Toscanini | 6.3 | |
August 16th, 1988 | Top Line | Ted Angelo | 4.5 | |
April 14th, 1988 | Race to Danger | Francis, il marinaio | 5.3 | |
August 7th, 1987 | The Girl | Johan (John) Berg | 4.9 | |
January 23rd, 1987 | Sweet Country | Paul | 4.9 | |
March 29th, 1983 | The Falcon | Banović Strahinja | 5 | |
October 18th, 1982 | Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World | John Reed | 4.5 | |
September 8th, 1982 | Querelle | Lieutenant Seblon | 6.6 | |
September 3rd, 1982 | Grog | Nicola Fanelli | 9 | |
July 25th, 1982 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works | Self | 6.3 | |
July 16th, 1982 | Kamikaze '89 | Weiss | 5.3 | |
March 19th, 1982 | Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames | John Reed | 4.2 | |
January 1st, 1982 | Sergey Bondarchuk | Self | TBD | |
April 25th, 1981 | The Salamander | Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci | 5.5 | |
August 7th, 1980 | The Blue-Eyed Bandit | Renzo Dominici | 5.1 | |
December 24th, 1979 | The Shark Hunter | Mike di Donato | 4.3 | |
September 10th, 1977 | Sahara Cross | Jean Ballard | 5 | |
March 26th, 1976 | Submission | Armand | 6.1 | |
October 30th, 1975 | The Flower in His Mouth | Professore Michele Belcore | 6.3 | |
September 5th, 1975 | Death Rite | Sadry | 5 | |
February 5th, 1975 | How to Kill a Judge | Giacomo Solaris | 7.3 | |
January 16th, 1975 | Smiling Maniacs | Judge Dani | 7 | |
October 25th, 1974 | Challenge to White Fang | Jason Scott | 6.2 | |
August 12th, 1973 | High Crime | Commissario Belli | 6.4 | |
March 29th, 1973 | Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears | Johnny Ears | 5.1 | |
November 2nd, 1972 | The Monk | Ambrosio | 5.8 | |
August 16th, 1972 | Pope Joan | Louis | 6.1 | |
August 1st, 1972 | The Harder They Come | Django (archive footage) | 6.6 | |
December 22nd, 1971 | Don't Turn the Other Cheek | Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky | 5.5 | |
September 4th, 1971 | Vacation | Osiride | 4.8 | |
March 26th, 1971 | Confessions of a Police Captain | Sostituto Procuratore Traini | 6.8 | |
December 18th, 1970 | Dropout | Bruno | 5.6 | |
September 6th, 1969 | Detective Belli | Commissario Stefano Belli | 5.5 | |
December 20th, 1968 | The Mercenary | Sergei Kowalski, The Polish | 6.9 | |
November 14th, 1968 | A Quiet Place in the Country | Leonardo Ferri | 6.2 | |
March 14th, 1968 | Sardinia Kidnapped | Gavino | 5.7 | |
February 17th, 1968 | The Day of the Owl | Captain Bellodi | 7.1 | |
December 22nd, 1967 | Man, Pride and Vengeance | José | 5.9 | |
October 25th, 1967 | Camelot | Lancelot Du Lac | 6.2 | |
August 10th, 1966 | Massacre Time | Tom Corbett | 6.3 | |
July 21st, 1966 | War of the Planets | Lt. Jake Jacowitx | 5.3 | |
July 15th, 1966 | The Wild, Wild Planet | Lt. Jake | 4.5 | |
June 11th, 1966 | The Third Eye | Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero) | 5.8 | |
March 25th, 1966 | The Hired Killer | Tony Lo Bello | 5.5 | |
December 31st, 1965 | The Tramplers | Charley Garvey | 6.4 | |
March 17th, 1965 | La Celestina P… R… | Fabrizio | 7 | |
October 16th, 1964 | Italian Engagement | TBD | 10 | |
January 1st, 1963 | Un delitto | TBD | TBD | |
October 18th, 1962 | Scorched Skin | TBD | 4.6 | |
TBD | El Sobrino | TBD | TBD |